Saturday, December 1, 2012

Norway couple's arrest: India won't intervene, say sources

Norway couple's arrest: India won't intervene, say sources

Norway couple's arrest: India won't intervene, say sources

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 06:11 PM PST

As the Indian couple arrested in Norway for alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son anxiously await the verdict on Monday, the Indian government seems reluctant to intervene in what they see essenti...

Major fire at a residential building in Mumbai

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:57 PM PST

A major fire broke out this morning in a residential building in Mumbai's Cuffe Parade area.

Midday meals: how food meant for children is feeding private contractors

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 11:38 AM PST

The midday meal scheme is falling prey to private contractors in the respective states, says a report prepared by the Supreme Court appointed food commissioners on the nutrition supplements for childr...

Keshubhai Patel seeks Election Commission action against Navjot Singh Sidhu

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 11:26 AM PST

Taking umbrage at Navjot Singh Sidhu's remark in which he termed him as an "anti-national leader", Gujarat Parivartan Party president Keshubhai Patel on Saturday appealed to the Election Commission to...

10-storey building built in 48 hours in Mohali

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:40 AM PST

A Mohali-based real estate company has succeeded in creating a record of constructing a 10-storey building within 48 hours.

Narendra Modi most suitable for PM's post, says Sushma Swaraj

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST

Campaigning for the upcoming Gujarat elections, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today came out in open support for Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a potential prime ministerial candidate for the next ...

Bus hits overpass at Miami airport, two dead

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:13 AM PST

A bus carrying more than 30 people hit an overpass at Miami International Airport, killing two people on board and leaving three others critically injured, officials said on Saturday.

Norway couple arrested: Indian government will not intervene, say sources

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:17 AM PST

As the Indian couple arrested in Norway for alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son anxiously await the verdict on Monday, the Indian government seems reluctant to intervene in what they see essenti...

Salman Khurshid writes to Hillary Clinton seeking extradition of David Headley, Tahawwur Rana

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 07:37 AM PST

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has written to his US counterpart Hillary Clinton requesting for the extradition of Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and Mumbai terror accus...

Could there be a vampire on the loose at this place?

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 06:23 AM PST

Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose. Or so say villagers in the tiny western Serbian hamlet of Zarozje, nestled between lush green mountain slopes and ...

Congress to hold brainstorming session in Jaipur ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:45 AM PST

The Congress will hold its brainstorming session, termed Chintan Shivir, in Jaipur from January 18 to 20 to discuss political and economic situations and seek new ideas ahead of the next Lok Sabha ele...

Inder Kumar Gujral cremated with full state honours

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:26 AM PST

Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral died on November 30. He had been on dialysis for over a year. He was known for his Gujral Doctrine, which proposed closer ties between India and its neighbours...

Curator Prabir Mukherjee back at Eden Gardens after day-long drama

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 04:57 AM PST

The drama surrounding the preparations of the Eden pitch for the third Test between India and England ended today after CAB President Jagmohan Dalmiya persuaded Prabir Mukherjee to return to work,...

Beed blast: Terror angle ruled out, say sources

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 04:45 AM PST

A terror angle has been ruled out into a radio set explosion that happened in Beed district of Maharashtra yesterday, sources have said. The explosion had left four members of a family severely injure...

Pitch curator Prabir Mukherjee to stay away from Eden Gardens, hits out at skipper MS Dhoni

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 03:10 AM PST

The 83-year-old Mukherjee, however, initially tried to hedge his anger, citing health and family issues for his decision."I expected some sort of protection from CAB thought that they would stand by m...

Extortion case: Bail plea hearing of Zee News editors adjourned till December 3

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 02:21 AM PST

A Delhi court today adjourned till December 3, the hearing on bail pleas of top Zee News editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia. They have been arrested and charged with trying to extort Rs. 100...

Women panchayat members in Kashmir protest Omar Abdullah's 'make-up kit' remark

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 02:08 AM PST

Women panchayat members in Kashmir today protested against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remark that the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) was bribing them with make-up kits ahead of the leg...

Pakistan to act against Hafiz Saeed if evidence stands in court: Hina Rabbani Khar

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:48 AM PST

Pakistan will take action against Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, if India provides evidence against him that stands in court, Foreign Minister Hina Ra...

Meet Maria Popova, mastermind of an online literary empire

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:43 AM PST

She is the mastermind of the one of the faster growing literary empires on the Internet, yet she is virtually unknown. She is the champion of old-fashioned ideas, yet she is only 28 years old. She is ...

Manisha Koirala to go to US for medical treatment

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:35 AM PST

Ailing Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala will leave for the US for further tests and treatment.

Kate Middleton revisits school, plays hockey in high heels

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:31 AM PST

The Duchess of Cambridge has gone back to school. The Royal, formerly known as Kate Middleton, played hockey and revealed her childhood nickname - Squeak - when she returned to her elementary schoo...

Serial killer on the loose targeting flour mill owners?

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:24 AM PST

A killer with a possible motive of robbery has killed his third flour mill owner since September. All three murders have taken place one month after another and the killer has employed a similar mo...

Home amid Chinese highway destroyed; farmer accepts deal

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:15 AM PST

Authorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese homeowners against officials accused o...

Beed blast: Anti-terror agency begins probe; injured shifted to Mumbai

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 12:51 AM PST

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which handles terrorism cases, has begun investigating a radio set explosion in Beed district of Maharashtra that left four members of a family injured.

Jammu and Kashmir cricket body crisis worsens as treasurer quits

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 12:26 AM PST

The crisis in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) has deepened with the treasurer of the body, Manzoor Wazir, resigning amid the ongoing differences between players from the Kashmir regio...
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